A Spell Cast – Paradelle

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Tis a spell I cast on thee
Tis a spell I cast on thee
On this night for begging sweets
On this night for begging sweets
This night tis a spell for sweets
I cast on thee begging on

With sugar and spice, oh so nice
With sugar and spice, oh so nice
Screams and wails, and scary tales
Screams and wails, and scary tales
Sugar tales, spice wails, and so nice
And screams scary, with oh … and -

Add a dash of this, a dabble of that
Add a dash of this, a dabble of that
Eye of newt and of chicken fat
Eye of newt and chicken fat
Dash that eye this fat dabble add
Of a chicken of and of a newt of

Spell I cast, oh screams and wails,
Tis on this night of dabble eye
Sugar of a newt, with begging tales
A nice fat chicken of scary add 
And for a sweet and spice
Dash this and that on thee so

This was a prompt from dVerse. The prompt was to create a paradelle. Go to the link to read the background of paradelle, which is rather interesting and funny. But the rules of a paradelle are:

Here are the rules:

The Paradelle is a 4-stanza poem, where each stanza consists of 6 lines.
First Three Stanzas:

The first two lines as well as the third and fourth lines of the first three stanzas must be the same (repeat). Where it begins to get difficult and become more of a poetic puzzle is when reaching fifth and sixth lines. These lines must contain all the words from the preceding four lines within the stanza using them only once to form completely new lines.

Last Stanza:

For the most difficult piece of this poetic puzzle, the final stanza of the paradelle does not repeat like the preceding stanzas, rather the final six lines must contain every word from the first three stanzas, and only those words, again using them only once to form completely new lines.

The Design is simple:Stanza 1: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4
Stanza 2: 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8
Stanza 3: 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12
Stanza 4: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

This was harder than it looks. And it wasn’t the greatest but I can live with it. 😁

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C. Stuart Lewis creates poems with feeling, intelligence and sex appeal. His short stories and books focus on characters that feel real in real world situations. Originally from the United States he now resides in Ontario, Canada. Check out his webpage at TheAuthorStew.ca

17 thoughts on “A Spell Cast – Paradelle”

  6. This is such a witchy fun spell catchy paradelle. Love the “recipe” of sugar, spice, eye of newt and chicken fat. It all comes together for a dish for Halloween. Thanks for joining in our challenging poetry form.

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